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Valery Bykovsky

Soviet Union and Russia

Valery Bykovsky was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew the Vostok 5 mission in June 1963, spending nearly five days in orbit, at the time the longest solo spaceflight ever completed. His mission overlapped in orbit with Vostok 6, flown by Valentina Tereshkova, marking the first time two crewed spacecraft carrying a man and a woman were in orbit at the same time. Bykovsky later flew two additional missions during the 1970s and 1980s, including an Interkosmos flight with an East German crewmate.

Facts
Birth Date
1934-08-02 3
Birth Year
1934 3
Nationality
Soviet 3
Notable Mission
Vostok 5 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Commander 1
Dating
Selection Year
1960 2
Connections

Associated With

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Valery Bykovsky - Wikipedia

Operated By

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Valery Bykovsky - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Russia

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Soviet Union

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Valery Bykovsky
Spacefacts.deSpaceflights table
Quote, Spaceflights table
Soyuz 22 Commander 15.09. - 23.09.1976
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2. Valery Bykovsky (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Valery Bykovsky lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Valery Bykovsky - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1934-08-02
  • Introduction, first sentence, parenthetical
    2 August 1934
  • Introduction, first sentence, description
    was a Soviet cosmonaut
  • Infobox, mission
    Vostok 5, Soyuz 22
  • Operated By: Soviet space program, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; 2 August 1934-27 March 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31.
  • Associated With: Soviet space program, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; 2 August 1934-27 March 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31.
  • In Group: Vostok and Voskhod Cosmonauts, Lead sentence
    Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; 2 August 1934-27 March 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31.
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Wikidata: Valery Bykovsky
Wikidata Q159681, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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